International

08 December, 2019 CITY OF VICTORIA: Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through the streets of Hong Kong in the largest anti-government rally in months. For the first time since August, police allowed a rally by the Civil Human Rights Front, a pro-democracy group. Organisers said an estimated 800,000 …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI: A large fire has swept through a bag factory in the Indian capital Delhi, killing 46 workers, officials said. The blaze broke out at the four-storey building in the city’s congested old quarter early on Sunday morning. At least 100 people were sleeping …

07 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri BAGHDAD/ MELBOURNE: Iraqi officials have raised Friday’s death toll to at least 20 after a bloody night of attacks by unidentified gunmen that targeted anti-government demonstrators near the main protest camp in Baghdad. More than 130 others were also wounded by gunfire and stabbings near Tahrir …

07 December, 2019 PENSACOLA/ RIYADH: The gunman who killed three people at a US naval base in Pensacola, Florida, was a Saudi student, officials say. He has been named as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani – a Saudi military member in training at the site. He was shot dead by officials. The …

06 December, 2019 WASHINGTON/ DUBAI: A federal indictment unsealed in the United States details how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sought influence in the campaigns of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, according to a report by the New York Times. The indictment, which was …

06 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri HYDERABAD DECCAN/ MELBOURNE: Indian police have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a young female vet in Hyderabad last week. The men were in police detention and were taken back to the scene of the crime in the early hours of …

06 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: Muhammad has, for the first time, broken into the top 10 names for baby boys the United States, according to data recently released by a parenting firm that tracks the information. Muhammad had long climbed in BabyCenter’s annual list, and its …

05 December, 2019 PARIS: France’s public transport networks have ground to a near halt as unions led a nationwide strike aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to abandon plans to overhaul the country’s Byzantine pension system. Railway and metro stations in Paris were largely deserted on Thursdayas commuters dusted off old …

05 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NOUAKCHOTT/ MELBOURNE: At least 58 people, including women and children, were killed after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Mauritania, the United Nations’ migration agency said on Wednesday. The perilous sea passage …

05 December, 2019 PYONGYANG/ NEW YORK: North Korea warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that it would consider any discussion of the country’s human rights situation a “serious provocation” that would increase tension on the Korean Peninsula. In a letter to the 15-member council members obtained by the …